ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The US-led international coalition to defeat ISIS has confirmed the credibility of reports of the additional deaths of more than 100 civilians because of its air strikes.
The deaths span from reports from April 2015 through May 23, 2017.
The Coalition is continuing to assess at least 180 civilian casualty reports.
Between August 2014 and May 2017, 603 civilian casualties have been confirmed by the Coalition.
Coalition spokesman Ryan Dillon told Rudaw English in June that five people were added to the civilian casualty assessment team, expanding the number of people dedicated to this mission to seven full-time members, plus two part-time members, nine total.
"The specialized group consists of subject matter experts in law, aviation, intelligence, imagery and civil affairs," he said. " The team will be based in Kuwait with the capability to flex to Iraq and Syria, as necessary, to conduct assessments."
Civilian casualties in June reportedly rose as military operations continued against ISIS in the densely populated old city of west Mosul as well as military operations increasing in an attempt to recapture Raqqa in Syria from ISIS.
A United Nations casualty report showed that hundreds of Iraqi civilians were killed in June, the majority of them in Mosul, as a result of the intense fight between Iraqi troops and ISIS militants.
The UN office in Iraq (UNAMI) reported on July 1 that 415 Iraqi civilians were killed in June as compared to 354 civilian deaths the month before in acts of violence, terrorism and armed conflict.
The war monitoring group Airwars claims that there have been at least 4,354 civilians killed by coalition airstrikes since 2014.
Rudaw reported five members of a Kurdish family were killed in a strike in western Mosul on June 23 around dusk near Nuri Mosque. Eight members of a family were killed in a similar strike in March in al-Mansour whose bodies were later buried in Duhok by relatives.
The United States has maintained that its rules of engagement have not changed, while acknowledging that Defense Secretary James Mattis has granted commanders greater autonomy in calling in strikes, not having to first go through the Pentagon.
Last month the Coalition announced it would no longer breakdown casualty assessments by country. There are different or a complete lack of reporting methods used by countries in the Coalition.
“Twenty-seven reports were assessed to be credible resulting in the unintentional death of 119 civilians,” the Coalition stated in its most recent monthly casualty assessment report.
The deaths span from reports from April 2015 through May 23, 2017.
The Coalition is continuing to assess at least 180 civilian casualty reports.
Between August 2014 and May 2017, 603 civilian casualties have been confirmed by the Coalition.
Coalition spokesman Ryan Dillon told Rudaw English in June that five people were added to the civilian casualty assessment team, expanding the number of people dedicated to this mission to seven full-time members, plus two part-time members, nine total.
"The specialized group consists of subject matter experts in law, aviation, intelligence, imagery and civil affairs," he said. " The team will be based in Kuwait with the capability to flex to Iraq and Syria, as necessary, to conduct assessments."
Civilian casualties in June reportedly rose as military operations continued against ISIS in the densely populated old city of west Mosul as well as military operations increasing in an attempt to recapture Raqqa in Syria from ISIS.
A United Nations casualty report showed that hundreds of Iraqi civilians were killed in June, the majority of them in Mosul, as a result of the intense fight between Iraqi troops and ISIS militants.
The UN office in Iraq (UNAMI) reported on July 1 that 415 Iraqi civilians were killed in June as compared to 354 civilian deaths the month before in acts of violence, terrorism and armed conflict.
The war monitoring group Airwars claims that there have been at least 4,354 civilians killed by coalition airstrikes since 2014.
Rudaw reported five members of a Kurdish family were killed in a strike in western Mosul on June 23 around dusk near Nuri Mosque. Eight members of a family were killed in a similar strike in March in al-Mansour whose bodies were later buried in Duhok by relatives.
The United States has maintained that its rules of engagement have not changed, while acknowledging that Defense Secretary James Mattis has granted commanders greater autonomy in calling in strikes, not having to first go through the Pentagon.
Last month the Coalition announced it would no longer breakdown casualty assessments by country. There are different or a complete lack of reporting methods used by countries in the Coalition.
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